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The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2007 ... "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy Tell'em
2006 ... "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
2005 ... "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
2004 ... "Goodies" by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
2003 ... "Baby Boy" by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
2002 ... "A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson
2001 ... "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
2000 ... "Music" by Madonna

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z
1998 ... "The First Night" by Monica
1997 ... "Candle in the Wind 1997/ Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John
1996 ... "Macarena [Bayside Boys Mix]" by Los Del Rio
1995 ... "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey
1994 ... "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men
1993 ... "Dreamlover" by Mariah Carey
1992 ... "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
1991 ... "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch with Loleatta Holloway
1990 ... "Close to You" by Maxi Priest

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson
1988 ... "Love Bites" by Def Leppard
1987 ... "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake
1986 ... "When I Think of You" by Janet Jackson
1985 ... "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
1984 ... "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince & the Revolution
1983 ... "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
1982 ... "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar
1981 ... "Endless Love" by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
1980 ... "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Sad Eyes" by Robert John
1978 ... "Kiss You All Over" by Exile
1977 ... "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" by Meco
1976 ... "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy & His Big Apple Band
1975 ... "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka
1974 ... "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John
1973 ... "Half-Breed" by Cher
1972 ... "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis
1971 ... "Maggie May/ Reason to Believe" by Rod Stewart
1970 ... "Cracklin' Rosie" by Neil Diamond

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies
1968 ... "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
1967 ... "The Letter" by The Box Tops
1966 ... "Cherish" by The Association
1965 ... "Yesterday" by The Beatles
1964 ... "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
1963 ... "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton
1962 ... "Sherry" by The Four Seasons
1961 ... "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles
1960 ... "Mr. Custer" by Larry Verne

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin
1958 ... "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards
1957 ... "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers
1956 ... "Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" by The Four Aces
1954 ... "Hey There" by Rosemary Clooney
1953 ... "St. George and the Dragonet" by Stan Freberg
1952 ... "You Belong to Me" by Jo Stafford
1951 ... "Because of You" by Tony Bennett
1950 ... "Goodnight Irene" by Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers

THE 1940s

1949 ... "That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine
1948 ... "A Tree in the Meadow" by Margaret Whiting
1947 ... "Near You" by Francis Craig
1946 ... "To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
1945 ... "Till the End of Time" by Perry Como
1944 ... "You Always Hurt the One You Love" by The Mills Brothers
1943 ... "Sunday, Monday or Always" by Bing Crosby
1942 ... "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" by Glenn Miller
1941 ... "Piano Concerto in B Flat" by Freddy Martin
1940 ... "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Over the Rainbow" by Glenn Miller
1938 ... "My Reverie" by Larry Clinton
1937 ... "That Old Feeling" by Shep Fields
1936 ... "When Did You Leave Heaven?" by Guy Lombardo
1935 ... "Cheek to Cheek" by Fred Astaire
1934 ... "I Saw Stars" by Freddy Martin
1933 ... "The Last Round-Up" by George Olsen
1932 ... "Say It Isn't So" by George Olsen
1931 ... "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" by Kate Smith
1930 ... "Little White Lies" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Am I Blue?" by Ethel Waters
1928 ... "Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time)" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "Charmaine!" by Guy Lombardo
1926 ... "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along" by Al Jolson
1925 ... "Yes Sir! That's My Baby" by Gene Austin
1924 ... "Memory Lane" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
1923 ... "Yes! We Have No Bananas" by Billy Jones
1922 ... "Hot Lips" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "Song of India" by Paul Whiteman
1920 ... "St. Louis Blues" by Marion Harris

THE 1910s

1919 ... "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" by John Steel
1918 ... "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" by Al Jolson
1917 ... "Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France" by American Quartet
1916 ... "If I Knock the 'L' Out of Kelly (It Would Still Be Kelly to Me)" by Marguerite Farrell
1915 ... "Hello, Frisco!" by Olive Kline & Reinald Werrenrath
1914 ... "Cohen on the Telephone" by Joe Hayman
1913 ... "You Made Me Love You, I Didn't Want to Do It" by Al Jolson
1912 ... "I Love You Truly" by Elsie Baker
1911 ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1910 ... "Every Little Moment" by Harry MacDonough & Lucy Isabelle Marsh

THE 1900s

1909 ... "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" by Henry Burr
1908 ... "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1907 ... "Harrigan" by Billy Murray
1906 ... "The Good Old U.S.A." by Byron G. Harlan
1905 ... "Dearie" by Corrine Morgan & Haydn Quartet
1904 ... "Alexander" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "Harrah for Baffin's Bay" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1902 ... "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" by Harry MacDonough
1901 ... "Uncle Josh's Huskin' Bee Dance" by Cal Stewart
1900 ... "Ma Tiger Lily" by Arthur Collins

THE 1890s

1899 ... "Gypsy Love Song" by William F. Hooley
1898 ... "I'm Old But I'm Awfully Tough (Laughing Song)" by Cal Stewart
1897 ... "There's a Little Star Shining for You" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "On the Benches in the Park" by George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "The Band Played On" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "My Pearl Is a Bowery Girl" by Dan Quinn
1893 ... "Daisy Bell" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Michael Casey Taking the Census" by Russell Hunting
1891 ... "Pat Kelly as a Police Justice" by Dan Kelly
1890 ... "Washington Post" by U.S. Marine Band